How poor communication makes families desperate and the principles of good communication from the Bible.

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DESPERATE HOUSEHOLDS
1. Communication
Looking down Wisteria Lane, we find perfect homes in a quiet suburb. But the whole show is about finding out things are not always what they seem.
- Susan, the divorcee and single mom who will go to extraordinary lengths for love, or
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This is part 1 of my 5 week series on what the church needs to look like in the emerging culture. This looks specifically at what the early church looked like, and what those practices can look like in our world.

If you have your bibles, you can open them to Acts 2. We are starting a 5 week series today called an elemental church. This is an exciting series for me, because I hope at the end of the 5 weeks, you will have a better idea about how I think about church. Some of my hopes and dreams for us as a
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For thousands of years God has kept trying to communicate His love
The sad thing is that many people do not understand the concept of His love,
because we do not let Him get through to us.

2010 02 21 Ashingdon PM Communication
Hebrews 1:1-4
Have you ever miscommunicated your thoughts when trying to tell them to someone?
Most of us have, and then the following confusion can be very irritating, if not dangerous.
Sometimes, miscommunication can be very
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Thesis: We create community when we restrict our freedom for the sake of others.
Intro.:
1. "I WANT TO DO WHAT I WANT TO, WHEN I WANT TO, AND I DON'T WANT ANYONE TELLING ME WHAT TO DO!"
a. Sound familiar?
b. Words of someone (demanding their rights / expressing their personal
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Today’s question: what is the key element to fulfilling our mission? What is the most important thing we need in order to be fruit and produce fruit?

QUEST FOR COMMUNITY
INTRO:
This week: Hurricane Katrina – an example of how something can kill a community/threaten to wipe out a community.
Last week: Our mission is to grow fruitful followers of Jesus Christ. We are to be fruit and produce fruit.
Today’s question: what is the key element
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Every one of us needs to know how to effectively communicate. Our relationships depend on it.
One of the most tremendous communicators in history was the Apostle Paul. Our Scripture text today gives us several insights into how we too can become effective in this strategic area of our
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God says, "It is not good for a person to be alone." How can we connect instead of cocoon in this society?

A farm boy accidentally overturned his wagonload of wheat on the road. The farmer who lived nearby came to investigate.
“Hey, Willis,” he called out, “forget your troubles for a while and come and have dinner with us. Then I’ll help you overturn the wagon.”
“That’s very nice of you,” Willis
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Psalm 133 gives a beautiful description of the kind of unity which only comes as a gift from God.

A Unity Community
Psalm 133
SCRIPTURE READING: Psalm 133
INTRODUCTION:
A few years back I took an introductory class to learn Hebrew. My most impressive accomplishment is that I can now quote Psalm 133:1 in Hebrew. I think the reason I remember it is that we learned it as a song:
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The key to revival in the church is unity within His community. We need to put You back into community for unity.

Seven keys to revival – key number 3 – “Unity within the Community.”
Thesis: The key to revival in the church is unity within His community. We need to put You back into community for unity.
Movie Illustration: A Bugs Life! From Group’s Blockbuster movie illustrations page 133,
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Romans 12:9-21 – A Community of Grace
The Soap Maker
• A minister and a soap maker went for a walk together. The soap maker said, "what good is Christianity? Look at all the trouble and misery of the world! Still there, even after years--thousands of years--of teaching about goodness and truth
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